Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, a 38-year-old man, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano State for attempting to smuggle drugs. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that the suspect was apprehended while trying to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha, with 76 wraps of cocaine concealed in his stomach.
After his arrest, Okafor was placed under observation for three days, during which he excreted all 76 cocaine pellets, weighing a total of 1.267 kilograms.
In a separate operation in Kogi State, NDLEA officers patrolling the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway intercepted 700,000 Exol-5 pills, which were being transported from Lagos to Kano and Kaduna.
On September 20, NDLEA operatives also arrested 23-year-old Udemefuna Chibuike along the Mokwa-Jebba road in Niger State. He was found with a large quantity of drugs, including 49,000 tramadol tablets, 20,000 diazepam tablets, 100 ampoules of tramadol injection, and 50 bottles of codeine-laced cough syrup.
SOURCE: https://dew360.net
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